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10-04-2006, 10:35 AM
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10-04-2006, 11:44 AM
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She's so far behind the times, it's laughable. Doesn't she know banning HP is so 2000-ish? 
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10-04-2006, 11:54 AM
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I was thinking exactly the same thing. I didn't realize this was still an issue.
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10-04-2006, 12:02 PM
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Harry Potter has become the most often banned book series of the 21st Century.
You can read about it here and here.
There is a form you can find on both sites for reporting a book in distress. Even if it is in your news, report it. Especially in the current political climate where freedoms are hanging on by threads. |
10-04-2006, 12:46 PM
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Yeah, and I think the following paragraph says a lot about what this school board is dealing with. Quote: |
In June, the county's library board eliminated the $3,000 that had been set aside to buy Spanish-language fiction in the coming fiscal year. One board member said the move came after some residents objected to using taxpayer dollars to entertain readers who might be illegal immigrants.
| 'Cause everyone who speaks Spanish must be an illegal immigrant and heaven knows that illegal immigrants are less than human and don't deserve such luxuries as reading. 
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10-04-2006, 12:58 PM
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They should also eliminate language classes in the schools. If we only speak English all those crazy illegals couldn't find jobs!! |
10-04-2006, 03:22 PM
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My little guy's piano teacher also teaches Spanish at our parish school.
Horror of horrors, he has storybooks in SPANISH! Familiar stories translated from English into Spanish. What a terrible person. I guess I better find a new piano teacher.
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10-04-2006, 05:15 PM
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Oh gee, I guess I should really be a cast out. I have Harry Potter translated into Spanish!
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10-04-2006, 05:39 PM
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10-04-2006, 05:54 PM
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You people crack me up. |
10-08-2006, 12:04 AM
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Well, I guess the Harry Potter books take the heat off D & D and Magic the Gathering. There used to be dire warnings issued about both of those.
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